Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
EPICURUSI never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
More Epicurus Quotes
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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